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Welcome to SRS

 

The Sacramento Recorder Society is a chapter of the American Recorder Society and an affiliate of the San Francisco Early Music Society. We welcome recorder players of all ages and abilities as well as players of other early music instruments such as lutes, viols, sackbuts, shawms, curtals, krummhorns, and percussion.  We meet monthly September through June, from 6:45-9:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month, at the Friends Meeting House, 890 57th St., between H and J. We always welcome visitors to our meetings.  Map

For regular announcements, please follow the blog and be sure to read our monthly newsletter. You’ll get an email when new announcements are posted, generally only a few per month.

COVID update:   We are meeting in person again.  We will be providing several air purifiers to improve the air circulation in the Meetinghouse. Please do not come if you are feeling at all under the weather. We will be keeping a list of attendees as required by the Meetinghouse.

Questions? Contact Susan Titus at  susanlee448@att.net or any board member on the Contact page.

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American Recorder Society

The Sacramento Recorder Society is a chapter of the American Recorder Society, and we encourage our members to join our parent organization. The many benefits include the quarterly American Recorder Society Magazine, eligibility for personal and chapter grants, access to website resources and member-only blogs, discounts to workshops, and free classified ads. You also have the satisfaction of supporting the ARS in its mission to actively promote the recorder and its music.

Please visit the ARS website at http://americanrecorder.org/.

May 2024 Newsletter

Dear Early Music Friends,

Here’s the latest. There’s lots of good info: a description of June’s Salad and Music Extravaganza (we’d love to have groups perform, in addition to playing music as a group) and the summer workshops that will be available this year. Rather sad to be missing the SFEMS Recorder Workshop. I attended it for years; what fun!

One more thing: David Dodds has been coordinating the dissemination of music PDFs since our loss of Mark L. Occasionally he has to be out of town for business, making it difficult to perform this critical task. He really needs an assistant to cover for him occasionally. This takes about an hour and a half each month. Please contact him if you are able to help at djdodds.sbcgobal.net

Looking forward to May 7th!

Patty Johnson, SRS secretary

May 2024 newsletter.pdf

February 2024 Newsletter

Dear Early Music Friends,

Here’s the February newsletter.  Hope all is going well with all of you!  I am looking forward to our meeting with Randy Wurschmidt!  I enjoyed last year’s music especially the Sweelinck.  Those organists have good taste (my mother was an organist, so I would know!).  See you on February 6th!

Patty Johnson,  SRS newsletter editor

February 2024 newsletter.pdf

January 2024 Newsletter

Dear Recorder Friends,

Happy holidays to all! I am enjoying a mix of Hannukah, Solstice, and Christmas posts. For once the algorithm really gets me! The newsletter has many good concerts and musical opportunities listed for 2024. It’s going to be a great year! Be sure to check out the video of the Woodpeckers Recorder Quartet. They’ve been providing a recorder advent calendar on their Facebook posts this month. I look forward to seeing all of you on January 2nd. Start the new year out right!!

Patty Johnson, SRS newsletter editor

January 2024 newsletter.pdf

December 2023 Newsletter

Dear Recorder Friends,

Here’s the latest newsletter.  There’s lots of info about the chapter meeting on December 5th. We had a good time last year and are upping our game this year!  More music, more fun, more food!  As always there’s information about upcoming concerts and playing opportunities.

Hppy Thanksgiving and see you on December 5th!
Patty Johnson, SRS newsletter editor

December 2023 newsletter.pdf
SRS memb form 23-24.pdf

November 2023 Newsletter

Dear Early Music Friends,
Here’s the latest newsletter.  Included are a potpourri of seasonal concerts both in the Sacramento area and further afield in the Bay Area.  I saw some very tempting offerings as I was putting the newsletter together.  See what appeals to you!

Each month we have been sending a music link for the chapter meeting to all recent members.  If you haven’t joined for this year, please do so soon.  The link for the December music will be sent to this year’s SRS members only.  I’ve attached a membership form to this email.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on November 7th!

Patty Johnson,  SRS newsletter editor

SRS memb form 23-24.pdf
November 2023 newsletter.pdf

October 2023 Newsletter

Dear Early Music Friends,

Here’s the October newsletter, and, if you haven’t yet joined for 2023-2024, there’s also a membership form. Bring it to the October 3rd chapter meeting along with your dues, and our treasurer, Dori$ Loughner will happily receive it. Looking forward to a great meeting playing under the baton of Glen Shannon, an SRS favorite.

See you then,

Patty Johnson,

SRS newsletter editor

SRS memb form 23-24.pdf
October 2023 newsletter.pdf